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Useful Accessories For The Studio

Cooperstand Pro-G Collapsible Guitar Stand £59

Nothing worse than knocking guitars flying in the studio, so a nice secure guitar stand is a must. These little wooden Cooperstands, made of African sapele, are small enough when folded to fit in a gigbag front pocket and they’ll securely hold both electrics and acoustics on the closed-cell neoprene pads that line each leg. They look a fair bit nicer than clunky black metal stands, too.

Snark ST-8 Titanium £32.99

In the heat of recording the last thing you want to do is get a really nice take down only to find that your tuning is a little off and it then bugs you forever. The solution is to keep a little clip-on tuner primed and ready on the headstock. Few are as unfussily good as Snark’s inexpensive models, and its latest ‘Titanium’ model is handily rechargeable and also has a specially designed casing that helps prevent ambient noise from throwing the reading off.

GHS Fast-Fret Guitar String Cleaner & Lubricant £8.99

As mentioned, it will do you no harm if your strings are slick and gunge-free when you head into the studio. A quick application of Fast-Fret is your friend here, ensuring that your fingers will glide over the fretboard without squeaks and that the strings will perform at their best. Best of all, a stick of the stuff lasts forever. A gigbag essential.